℗ 2007 Chandos Records
Released November 1, 2007
Duration 2h 48m 55s
Record Label Chandos
Catalogue No. CHAN0745W
Genre Classical (Opera)
 

Handel: Semele

Christian Curnyn, Early Opera Company, Rosemary Joshua, Hilary Summers, Brindley Sherratt, Stephen Wallace, Richard Croft

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Semele, HWV 58  
1.1
No. 1, Ouverture
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company
2:33
1.2
Allegro - Adagio
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company
3:41
1.3
Gavotte
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company
1:29
Semele, HWV 58, Act I Scene I  
1.4
No. 2, Behold! auspicious flashes rise! (Cadmus)
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Brindley Sherratt
1:23
1.5
No. 3, Lucky omens bless our rites (Chorus)
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Early Opera Company Choir
3:14
1.6
No. 4, Daughter, obey (Cadmus)
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Brindley Sherratt
0:55
1.7
No. 5, Ah me! What refuge now is left me? (Semele)
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Rosemary Joshua
2:42
1.8
No. 6, The morning lark to mine accords his note ( Semele)
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Rosemary Joshua
7:25
1.9
No. 7, See, she blushing turns her eyes (Athamus)
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Stephen Wallace
0:16
1.10
No. 8, Hymen, haste, thy torch prepare (Athamus)
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Stephen Wallace
4:45
1.11
No. 9, Alas! she yields (Ino)
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Hilary Summers
0:41
1.12
No. 10, Why does thou thus untimely grieve (Cadmus)
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Brindley Sherratt
3:03
1.13
No. 11, Avert those omens, all ye pow'rs! (Chorus)
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Early Opera Company Choir
2:00
1.14
No. 12, Again auspicious flashes rise (Cadmus)
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Brindley Sherratt
0:38
1.15
No. 13, Thy aid, pronubial Juno, Athamus implores (Athamus)
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Stephen Wallace
0:13
1.16
No. 14, Cease, cease your vows, 'tis impious to proceed (Chorus)
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Early Opera Company Choir
0:32
Semele, HWV 58, Act I Scene II  
1.17
No. 15, O Athamus, what torture hast thou borne! (Athamus)
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Stephen Wallace
0:28
1.18
No. 16, Turn, hopeless lover, turn thy eyes (Ino)
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Hilary Summers
8:01
1.19
No. 17, She weeps! The gentle maid, in tender pity (Athamus)
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Stephen Wallace
0:17
1.20
No. 18, Your tuneful voice my tale would tell (Athamus)
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Stephen Wallace
3:50
1.21
No. 19, Too well I see (Ino)
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Hilary Summers
0:42
1.22
No. 20, You've undone me (Ino)
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Hilary Summers
2:26
Semele, HWV 58, Act I Scene III  
1.23
No. 21, Ah, wretched Prince, doom'd to disastrous love! (Cadmus)
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Brindley Sherratt
2:08
Semele, HWV 58, Act I Scene IV  
1.24
No. 22, Hail, Cadmus, hail! Jove salutes the Theban King (Chorus)
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Early Opera Company Choir
1:29
1.25
No. 23, Endless pleasure, endless love (Semele)
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Rosemary Joshua
4:53
Semele, HWV 58, Act II  
2.1
No. 24, Sinfonia. Presto
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company
1:36
Semele, HWV 58, Act II Scene I  
2.2
No. 25, Iris, impatient of thy stay (June)
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Hilary Summers
0:47
2.3
No. 26, There, from mortal cares retiring (Iris)
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Gail Pearson
3:39
2.4
No. 27, No more - I'll hear no more (Juno)
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Hilary Summers
2:04
2.5
No. 28, Hence, Iris, hence away (Juno)
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Hilary Summers
3:50
Semele, HWV 58, Act II Scene II  
2.6
No. 30, O sleep, why dost thou leave me? (Semele)
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Rosemary Joshua
2:54
Semele, HWV 58, Act II Scene III  
2.7
No. 31, Let me not another moment (Semele)
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Rosemary Joshua
0:19
2.8
No. 32, Lay your doubts and fears aside (Jupiter)
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Richard Croft
3:06
2.9
No. 33, You are mortal, and require (Jupiter)
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Richard Croft
0:17
2.10
No. 34, With fond desiring (Semele)
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Rosemary Joshua
3:21
2.11
No. 35, How engaging, how endearing (Chorus)
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Early Opera Company Choir
3:03
2.12
No. 36, Ah me! (Semele)
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Rosemary Joshua
1:07
2.13
No. 37, I must with speed amuse her (Jupiter)
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Richard Croft
3:56
2.14
No. 38, Now Love that everlasting boy invites (Chorus)
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Early Opera Company Choir
2:21
2.15
No. 39, By my command' (Jupiter)
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Richard Croft
1:03
2.16
No. 40, Where'er you walk, cool gales shall fan the glade (Jupiter)
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Richard Croft
4:55
Semele, HWV 58, Act II Scene IV  
2.17
No. 41, Dear sister, how was your passage hither? (Semele)
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Rosemary Joshua
0:40
2.18
No. 42, But hark! the heav'nly sphere turns round (Ino)
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Hilary Summers
2:25
2.19
No. 43, Prepare then, ye immortal choir (Ino and Semele)
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Rosemary Joshua; Hilary Summers
1:56
2.20
No. 44, Bless the glad earth with heav'nly lays (Chorus)
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Early Opera Company Choir
2:43
Semele, HWV 58, Act III  
3.1
No. 45, Sinfonia. Larghetto e piano per tutto
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company
1:27
Semele, HWV 58, Act III Scene I  
3.2
No. 46, Somnus, awake (Juno)
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Hilary Summers
0:31
3.3
No. 47, Leave me, loathsome light (Somnus)
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Brindley Sherratt
3:25
3.4
No. 48, Dull God, canst thou attend the water's fall (Iris)
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Gail Pearson
0:30
3.5
No. 49, More sweet is that name (Somnus)
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Brindley Sherratt
2:26
3.6
No. 50, My will obey (Juno)
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Hilary Summers
1:14
3.7
No. 51, Obey my will, thy rod resign (Juno)
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Hilary Summers
1:57
Semele, HWV 58, Act III Scene II  
3.8
No. 52, My racking thoughts by no kind slumbers freed (Semele)
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Rosemary Joshua
2:41
Semele, HWV 58, Act III Scene III  
3.9
No. 53, Thus shap'd like Ino (Juno)
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Hilary Summers
1:25
3.10
No. 54, Myself I shall adore (Semele)
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Rosemary Joshua
7:16
3.11
No. 55, Be wise, as you are beautiful (Juno)
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Hilary Summers
1:47
3.12
No. 56, Thus let my tanks be paid (Semele)
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Rosemary Joshua
2:19
3.13
No. 57, Rich odours fill the fragrant air (Juno)
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Hilary Summers
0:22
Semele, HWV 58, Act III Scene IV  
3.14
No. 58, Come to my arms, my lovely fair (Jupiter)
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Richard Croft
2:50
3.15
No. 59, O Semele (Jupiter)
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Richard Croft
0:06
3.16
No. 60, I ever am granting (Semele)
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Rosemary Joshua
1:34
3.17
No. 61, Speak, speak your desire (Jupiter)
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Richard Croft
0:37
3.18
No. 62, You'll grant what I require (Semele)
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Rosemary Joshua
0:09
3.19
No. 63, Then cast off this human shape which you wear (Semele)
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Rosemary Joshua
0:16
3.20
No. 64, Ah, take heed what you press (Jupiter)
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Richard Croft
1:14
3.21
No. 65, No, no! I'll take no less (Semele)
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Rosemary Joshua
5:11
Semele, HWV 58, Act III Scene V  
3.22
No. 66, Ah! whither is she gone! unhappy fair! ( Jupiter)
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Richard Croft
3:05
Semele, HWV 58, Act III Scene VI  
3.23
No. 67, Above measure (Juno)
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Hilary Summers
2:23
Semele, HWV 58, Act III Scene VII  
3.24
No. 68, Ah me! too late I now repent (Semele)
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Rosemary Joshua
3:07
Semele, HWV 58, Act III Scene VIII  
3.25
No. 69, Of my ill-boding dream (Ino)
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Hilary Summers
0:11
3.26
No. 70, O terror and astonishment! (Chorus)
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Early Opera Company Choir
3:59
3.27
No. 71, How I was hence remov'd (Ino)
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Hilary Summers
0:41
3.28
No. 72, Despair no more shall wound me (Athamus)
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Stephen Wallace
5:06
3.29
No. 73, See from above the bellying clouds descend (Cadmus)
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Brindley Sherratt
0:13
Semele, HWV 58, Act III Scene IX  
3.30
No. 74, Sinfonia
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company
1:19
3.31
No. 75, Apollo comes to relieve your care (Apollo)
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Richard Croft
0:43
3.32
No. 76, Happy, happy shall we be (All)
George Frideric Handel; William Congreve; Christian Curnyn; Early Opera Company; Rosemary Joshua; Hilary Summers; Brindley Sherratt; Stephen Wallace; Richard Croft; Gail Pearson
3:05
“In the title role, soprano Rosemary Joshua applies light and graceful tone and conveys Semle’s willful, pleasure-seeking nature. As her immortal lover Jupiter, tenor Richard Croft is equally lucid and nimble.” - BBC Music Magazine “Chandos’s new entrant is the first early-instrument Semele to be recorded absolutely complete… Thanks no doubt to stage experience as Semele, Rosemary Joshua brings irresistible unforced charm to her every scene. There is character in even the smallest phrases…Chandos provides clear, natural sound.” - International Record Review “Christian Curnyn understands the unique tinta of this gorgeous score, and directs his spruce period band with a nice blend of nonchalant elegance and dramatic energy. Tempi are shrewdly judged, rhythms light and supple, and recitatives tumble inevitably into arias…. As at the English National opera, rosemary Joshua, radiant of tone, dazzling coloratura, makes Semele far more than an over-sexed airhead… this becomes a clear first choice for an ever enticing work.” - Gramophone “Rosemary Joshua has established herself as one of the foremost interpreters of the role of Semele, the charming, dizzy-headed mortal who falls in love with the king of the gods. She excels at the fearsome coloratura, the warm lyricism, and the sheer fizz of the role. All this comes across in conductor Christian Curnyn’s recording, and there‘s some beautiful support from Richard Croft as Jupiter and counter tenor Stephen Wallce as Semele’s financé Athamus.” - Classic FM Handel’s Semele premiered at London’s Covent Garden in 1744 and combines characteristics of oratorio, opera, and classical drama as the setting for William Congreve’s adaption of a segment of Ovid’s Metamorphoses. A story of the affair between Jupiter and Semele, the mother of Bacchus (god of wine and debauchery), this is a sumptuous Baroque romp through an Ovidian tale performed with nuance by soprano Rosemary Joshua, conductor Christian Curnyn, and the Early Opera Company.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Chandos Studio Masters

Disc 1, Tracks 1-25; Disc 3, Tracks 1-32; Disc 2, Tracks 1-20 – 44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM, mastered in 96 kHz / 24-bit Recorded at All Saints Church, East Finchley, London Produced by Nicholas Anderson Engineer: Jonathan Cooper Assistant Engineer: Paul Quilter
Track title
Peak
(dB FS)
RMS
(dB FS)
LUFS
(integrated)
DR
Album average
Range of values
-7.06
-20.65 to 0.00
-28.94
-38.67 to -19.82
-25.46
-35.50 to -16.30
13
6 to 20
1.1
No. 1, Ouverture
-6.61-26.46-23.313
1.2
Allegro - Adagio
-7.51-27.43-24.213
1.3
Gavotte
-9.65-30.28-27.512
1.4
No. 2, Behold! auspicious flashes rise! (Cadmus)
-8.74-30.61-26.313
1.5
No. 3, Lucky omens bless our rites (Chorus)
-1.11-24.22-20.815
1.6
No. 4, Daughter, obey (Cadmus)
-12.09-31.47-28.113
1.7
No. 5, Ah me! What refuge now is left me? (Semele)
-2.55-26.99-22.715
1.8
No. 6, The morning lark to mine accords his note ( Semele)
-6.29-29.23-26.115
1.9
No. 7, See, she blushing turns her eyes (Athamus)
-16.62-34.65-31.611
1.10
No. 8, Hymen, haste, thy torch prepare (Athamus)
-1.67-30.25-27.218
1.11
No. 9, Alas! she yields (Ino)
-9.11-33.05-29.515
1.12
No. 10, Why does thou thus untimely grieve (Cadmus)
-1.48-26.26-23.016
1.13
No. 11, Avert those omens, all ye pow'rs! (Chorus)
-0.59-21.21-18.112
1.14
No. 12, Again auspicious flashes rise (Cadmus)
-5.88-27.36-23.113
1.15
No. 13, Thy aid, pronubial Juno, Athamus implores (Athamus)
-4.76-24.63-21.411
1.16
No. 14, Cease, cease your vows, 'tis impious to proceed (Chorus)
-0.41-19.82-16.312
1.17
No. 15, O Athamus, what torture hast thou borne! (Athamus)
-20.65-38.67-35.512
1.18
No. 16, Turn, hopeless lover, turn thy eyes (Ino)
-11.50-32.88-30.114
1.19
No. 17, She weeps! The gentle maid, in tender pity (Athamus)
-20.52-37.88-34.911
1.20
No. 18, Your tuneful voice my tale would tell (Athamus)
-8.01-31.69-29.015
1.21
No. 19, Too well I see (Ino)
-11.27-33.66-30.513
1.22
No. 20, You've undone me (Ino)
-5.22-27.59-24.814
1.23
No. 21, Ah, wretched Prince, doom'd to disastrous love! (Cadmus)
-7.36-30.66-26.816
1.24
No. 22, Hail, Cadmus, hail! Jove salutes the Theban King (Chorus)
-0.47-20.91-17.112
1.25
No. 23, Endless pleasure, endless love (Semele)
-1.04-24.20-20.314
2.1
No. 24, Sinfonia. Presto
-9.81-28.71-26.013
2.2
No. 25, Iris, impatient of thy stay (June)
-7.03-29.20-25.714
2.3
No. 26, There, from mortal cares retiring (Iris)
-7.70-27.09-23.811
2.4
No. 27, No more - I'll hear no more (Juno)
-2.68-25.12-21.813
2.5
No. 28, Hence, Iris, hence away (Juno)
-6.44-28.83-25.715
2.6
No. 30, O sleep, why dost thou leave me? (Semele)
-11.05-33.12-30.013
2.7
No. 31, Let me not another moment (Semele)
-7.33-27.88-23.410
2.8
No. 32, Lay your doubts and fears aside (Jupiter)
-10.41-30.92-27.713
2.9
No. 33, You are mortal, and require (Jupiter)
-12.58-32.35-28.912
2.10
No. 34, With fond desiring (Semele)
-5.64-28.06-24.414
2.11
No. 35, How engaging, how endearing (Chorus)
-4.34-25.05-21.413
2.12
No. 36, Ah me! (Semele)
-6.59-29.41-26.114
2.13
No. 37, I must with speed amuse her (Jupiter)
-5.43-27.58-24.215
2.14
No. 38, Now Love that everlasting boy invites (Chorus)
-1.52-24.06-20.714
2.15
No. 39, By my command' (Jupiter)
-9.39-33.49-29.515
2.16
No. 40, Where'er you walk, cool gales shall fan the glade (Jupiter)
-6.09-31.35-27.815
2.17
No. 41, Dear sister, how was your passage hither? (Semele)
-10.26-34.15-30.910
2.18
No. 42, But hark! the heav'nly sphere turns round (Ino)
-7.31-30.55-27.613
2.19
No. 43, Prepare then, ye immortal choir (Ino and Semele)
-4.60-25.32-22.112
2.20
No. 44, Bless the glad earth with heav'nly lays (Chorus)
-1.51-24.05-20.313
3.1
No. 45, Sinfonia. Larghetto e piano per tutto
-17.47-37.19-34.112
3.2
No. 46, Somnus, awake (Juno)
-7.30-25.91-22.313
3.3
No. 47, Leave me, loathsome light (Somnus)
-9.88-31.73-28.113
3.4
No. 48, Dull God, canst thou attend the water's fall (Iris)
-9.69-33.06-29.314
3.5
No. 49, More sweet is that name (Somnus)
-7.52-29.53-26.014
3.6
No. 50, My will obey (Juno)
-11.77-33.47-30.315
3.7
No. 51, Obey my will, thy rod resign (Juno)
-7.41-27.75-24.513
3.8
No. 52, My racking thoughts by no kind slumbers freed (Semele)
-4.98-29.77-25.512
3.9
No. 53, Thus shap'd like Ino (Juno)
-5.26-30.85-27.216
3.10
No. 54, Myself I shall adore (Semele)
-1.35-27.82-24.415
3.11
No. 55, Be wise, as you are beautiful (Juno)
-8.22-29.61-25.912
3.12
No. 56, Thus let my tanks be paid (Semele)
-4.57-26.82-23.213
3.13
No. 57, Rich odours fill the fragrant air (Juno)
-10.32-33.31-29.513
3.14
No. 58, Come to my arms, my lovely fair (Jupiter)
-6.06-29.17-25.714
3.15
No. 59, O Semele (Jupiter)
-8.25-30.95-27.011
3.16
No. 60, I ever am granting (Semele)
-1.33-25.27-21.913
3.17
No. 61, Speak, speak your desire (Jupiter)
-5.23-25.71-21.912
3.18
No. 62, You'll grant what I require (Semele)
-12.00-29.15-25.812
3.19
No. 63, Then cast off this human shape which you wear (Semele)
-2.77-22.08-18.26
3.20
No. 64, Ah, take heed what you press (Jupiter)
-3.27-24.68-21.014
3.21
No. 65, No, no! I'll take no less (Semele)
-0.94-25.34-22.216
3.22
No. 66, Ah! whither is she gone! unhappy fair! ( Jupiter)
-8.02-34.26-29.715
3.23
No. 67, Above measure (Juno)
-8.49-30.55-27.313
3.24
No. 68, Ah me! too late I now repent (Semele)
-4.05-27.28-22.413
3.25
No. 69, Of my ill-boding dream (Ino)
-15.95-35.36-31.812
3.26
No. 70, O terror and astonishment! (Chorus)
-2.53-24.64-20.413
3.27
No. 71, How I was hence remov'd (Ino)
-13.26-33.65-30.612
3.28
No. 72, Despair no more shall wound me (Athamus)
0.00-27.71-24.920
3.29
No. 73, See from above the bellying clouds descend (Cadmus)
-10.10-29.29-25.012
3.30
No. 74, Sinfonia
-9.18-28.34-25.412
3.31
No. 75, Apollo comes to relieve your care (Apollo)
-7.26-28.00-24.513
3.32
No. 76, Happy, happy shall we be (All)
-0.43-22.09-18.213

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